This book is an identification guide to turtles and tortoises of South Asia. The countries included are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It contains authoritative text, photographs, illustrations, distribution maps, habit and habitat and conservation status of all the turtle species included. lt also contains country-wise checklist of turtle fauna of South Asia.
The book is designed for wide groups of readers and hence will serve the purpose equally for amateurs and experts. It shall also be handy for legal authorities dealing with animal trafficking.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jayaditya Purkayastha
"It gives me immense pleasure and pride to introduce my student Sri Jayaditya Purkaystha to the readers of this very useful book. Jayaditya. A student of Biological.
Science completed his masters in Bioinformaties and started his research in herpetology in the Department of Zoology Arya Vidyapeeth College. He is associated with various national and international journals as reviewer and is an assistant Editor of Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. He is a frequent contributor to scientific Journals and is the General Secretary. of HELP EARTH. a servation of biodiversity. He has already published a bool - Urban Herpetofauna: He divides his time between field work in nook and corners of Northeast India. awareness campaign and writing Besides he is also interested in teaching and photography."
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